linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 RESEND] mtd: block2mtd: char mtd major and erasesize parameter check + mutex

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:43:24 -0300
From:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	rdunlap@...radead.org, joern@...ybastard.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 RESEND] mtd: block2mtd: char mtd major and erasesize
 parameter check + mutex_destroy

Hi Fabian,

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 04:28:43PM +0800, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> -Deny use of a char mtd device to map as block device.
> -mutex_init when mtd structure is available.
> -fixme applied : check device size is a multiple of erasesize.
> -mutex_destroy on each device in block2mtd_exit and add_device failure.
> 

Hm... that sound like a lot of work for a single patch :-)

Care to chop it and submit a one-thing-per-patch series?

Thanks!
-- 
Ezequiel García, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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